Tennessee Joins with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in Music Benefit for Homeless

By J. Gary Linn, Ph.D. (President, Tennessee Chapter)

During the John F. Kennedy Administration, Partners of the Americas was originated as a people-to-people component of the Alliance for Progress. Similar in concept to the Peace Corps, Partners of the Americas volunteers volunteered for shorter periods of time. In Nashville, over the past decade, the Tennessee Chapter has worked with the Returned Peace Corps non-profit supporting each other's programs and events. Brant Miller (RPCV, Honduras) organized a night of music at the 5 Spot Café in East Nashville on June 5th. The event was attended and supported financially by members of the Tennessee Chapter. Brant, who was mentored by Pete Seeger and is an internationally renowned folk artist, performed several of his recent folk songs: Let's Get Out the Vote; Something We Can Agree On; We Are Vintage; The Road-Kill Bill, and No Interest in That. The evening also included the Duo, Shana in a Dress. They played the following songs from their personal song list of contemporary music: Robot; Playing With Fire; Daddy's Little Girl; Boomerang and MMM That's Hot. Shana (a friend of the Tennessee Chapter) and her accompanying cellist are on a cross-country bicycle tour where they are playing 60 venues coast to coast. The evening was a great success. The admission fees were contributed to local programs supporting the homeless and other underprivileged Nashvillians.